Alternatives to GoldWave for all platforms with any license

Audacity

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... LAME
Multitrack editing Ad-free Audio Editing Audio Recording ... FSA tracking Mix Music Noise Reduction Remove Noise Portable Record to tape Support for VST plugins Add a feature

1859 Like
Adobe Audition

Adobe Audition software delivers the professional tools you need to make your video and audio productions sound their best. Handle a wide range of audio production tasks...

Commercial Mac Windows
Audio Editing Audio restoration Effect automation controls M/S metering ... Multiple metering standards Multiple window layouts MultiTrack Music Composer Non-destructive effect inserts Rack Effects Sidechain compression Task level chat Support for VST plugins Add a feature

149 Like
Ocenaudio

Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without...

Free Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Support for VST plugins Batch conversion Hot keys ... Lightweight Multi-selection Multiple files Spectrogram view Add a feature

66 Like
Sound Forge

Sound Forge Pro software efficiently and reliably provides audio editors and producers complete control over all aspects of audio editing and mastering. Whether in the...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows
Audio Editing Music Composer Add a feature

74 Like
WaveShop

WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor for Windows XP/Vista/7. WaveShop is fast, lightweight, and bit-perfect, meaning samples aren't altered unless they need...
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.14, released in November 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Audio Editing Audio Recording MultiTrack Mix Music ... Music Composer Portable Add a feature

19 Like
Wavosaur

Wavosaur is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to...

Free Windows
Support for VST plugins Audio Editing No installation Waveform Add a feature

28 Like
WavePad

WavePad is Music and Audio Editor that allows you to create and edit voice, music and other sound recordings. You can duplicate sections of recordings and add echo...

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Kindle Fire
Audio Editing Audio Recording Noise Reduction Non destructive editing ... Portable Support for VST plugins Add a feature

27 Like
Amadeus Pro

Amadeus Pro is a powerful multitrack audio editor supporting a variety of formats including MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, AIFF, Wave and many others. Click on...

Commercial Mac
Audio Editing MultiTrack Waveform Add a feature

10 Like
Zynewave Podium

Podium is a modern digital audio workstation (DAW) for Windows. It supports recording and editing of audio and MIDI, and hosts VST instrument and effect plugins.

Freemium Windows
Audio Editing Audio Recording MultiTrack Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Portable Support for VST plugins Add a feature

9 Like
Moo0 Voice Recorder

Moo0 Voice Recorder is a very simple sound recorder. It is very easy to use, and you can start recording "Any PC Audio" / "Any PC Audio and...
- Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2013, can be still downloaded from Download.com
Free Personal Windows
No features added Add a feature

6 Like
Nero WaveEditor

Nero WaveEditor allows you to record pieces of music and edit the corresponding audio files, for example using various filters and sound enhancement methods.
- Bundleware The installation tries to install other programs in addition to WaveEditor. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Free Windows
Audio Editing Audio Recording Mix Music Add a feature

14 Like
DarkWave Studio

DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows. Featuring a modular Virtual Studio, Pattern Editor, Sequence Editor and Multitrack Hard...
- Bundleware The installation may contain third-party programs. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Free Open Source Windows
Modular System Support for VST plugins Add a feature

5 Like
Awave Studio

Awave Studio is a multi-purpose audio tool that reads a veritable host of audio carrying file formats from different platforms, synthesizers, trackers, mobile phones… —...

Commercial Windows
Audio Editing Add a feature

5 Like
TapeMachine

(last updated on 22 Dec 2014) - Play, record, convert WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG, and MP3 under certain conditions - Scroll and zoom the waveform for easy forward/backward...
- Discontinued Developer's http://tapemachine.samalyse.com website has lapsed (just a domain squatter now), and last update to the software was on 22 Dec 2014. It's still available on the Google Play store. I redirected the "official" TapeMachine site link to the Google Play store page for the program. Not technically correct, but better than a dead site.
Freemium Android Android Tablet
Audio Editing Audio Recording Virtual instrument Add a feature

3 Like
Free Audio Dub

The fastest way to edit audio files! Free Audio Dub is the free audio editing software that lets you delete unwanted parts from audio files without re-encoding. ...

Free Windows
Audio Editing Add a feature

10 Like